DID YOU KNOW that the
minimum dose of
exercise for
improved cognition
in older adults is
52 hours over 6
months? Researchers
fromNeurology
Clinical Practicesuggest
exercising in
approximately one
hour sessions to
reach the 52 total
hours is optimal.

Young people aged
five to 18 should do at
least 60 minutes of
moderate-to-vigorous
intensity physical
activity every day.
Unfortunately, only
one in 30 children does
the recommended amount
of daily physical
activity, new research
in Journal
of Physical Activity and
Health suggests.

HOME FOR THE
HOLIDAYS?

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friends coming in for
the holidays, help them
help themselves by
making an appointment
with us!

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Have a
happy, healthy day!
Steve and Bonnie

Largest Sleep Study Ever
Performed

Bonnie and
Steve:Most
people will
at some
point
experience
not getting
enough sleep
over a
period of
days, weeks,
or months.
However, the
effects of
this kind of
everyday
sleep
restriction
on
high-level
cognitive
abilities,
such as the
ability to
store and
recall
information
in memory,
solve
problems,
and
communicate,
remain
poorly
understood,
according to
authors in
this month'sSleep.

In a
global
sample
of over
10000
people,
researchers
demonstrated
that
cognitive
performance,
measured
using a
set of
12
well-established
tests,
is
impaired
in
people
who
reported
typically
sleeping
less, or
more,
than 7-8
hours
per
night,
which
was
roughly
half the
sample.

Crucially,
performance
was not
impaired
evenly
across
all
cognitive
areas.
Typical
sleep
duration
had no
bearing
on
short-term
memory
performance,
unlike
reasoning
and
verbal
skills,
which
were
impaired
by too
little,
or too
much,
sleep.

In terms
of
overall
cognition,
a
self-reported
typical
sleep
duration
of 4
hours
per
night
was
equivalent
toaging
8 years!
Also,
sleeping
more
than
usual
the
night
before
testing
(closer
to the
optimal
amount)
was
associated
with
better
performance,
suggesting
that a
single
night's
sleep
can
benefit
cognition.

The
relationship
between
sleep
and
cognition
did not
discriminate,
suggesting
that the
optimal
amount
of sleep
is
similar
for all
adult
age
groups,
and that
sleep-related
impairments
in
cognition
affect
all ages
equally.

The
findings
have
significant
real-world
implications,
because
many
people,
including
those in
positions
of
responsibility,
operate
on very
little
sleep
and may
suffer
from
impaired
reasoning,
problem-solving,
and
communications
skills
on a
daily
basis.

Aloe is Quite the Healer

This
article
is
reserved
for NCI
Well
Connect
Members.

(continued)

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